National News
The Next Four Years of the ‘Special Relationship’
'For the UK, Trump's victory raises questions about the future of the “special relationship” between the two nations.'
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Anima
The Works of Rani Sharabati: Israeli Settler Colonialism and Palestine
"his work transgresses localised boundaries whether geographical or ideological, and this deliberate ambiguity allows Palestinian viewers to interpret his work in line with their own experience of displacement and spatial domination born from the occupation"
Anima
Lee Jong-pil’s Escape: No End to Capitalism
"Despite the film being introduced as a drama/action, Escape played out as an absurdist horror, peppered with strategic moments of comic relief"
Anima
25 Years Since the Introduction of Tuition Fees - A Retrospective
"Mandy Telford, opposing the top-up of tuition fees, warned that the top-up would be a ‘disaster for higher education’... But several years later in 2007, Blair… stated that ‘the worries about tuition fees turned out to be misplaced"
Anima
Power Stations and Populism: How Closing Coal Mines Feeds Farage
While the move to green sustainable energy may be in the country's best interest, it is hard to convince industrial workers and towns of this as their livelihoods are being stripped away from them.
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John Wilson on Public Broadcasting and the Culture of Culture
“So, yeah, I would say probably Radio 4 … is the single most important cultural resource in the country.”
International News
Sudan: The Monstrous and Forgotten War
"Despite the crisis in Sudan escalating every day, the war has been ignored and misrepresented in the media, with the genocide in Palestine and the conflict in Ukraine overshadowing it in nearly every major news outlet"
International News
Children Caught in Crossfire: UN Report Reveals Rise in Gang Recruitment
'Children are being used by armed gangs in Haiti and we are witnessing some recent troubling trends, notably the use of sexual violence, including rape and collective rape, as a weapon of war by gangs.'
International News
Trump 2.0 - The Plan for the Next Four Years
'Trump is the first convicted felon in U.S. history to assume the presidency, vowing sweeping changes from immigration crackdown to the elimination of the Department of Education'
International News
Lebanon’s Grassroots Solidarity in the Face of State and Foreign Abandonment
'100 years of history and fond memories erased forever. The heartache impeded on us has reached our grandparents' cemeteries, which were not spared from the shelling.'
National News
The Labour Party: One Step Closer to Lessening Economic Inequality?
'Over 4 million people in the UK were earning below the living wage in 2023, with many unable to cope with the cost of living and inflation'
National News
The October Budget: What Does it Mean for an NHS in Crisis?
'Politicians from across the political spectrum, often to the dismay of unions, argue that ‘throwing money’ at the NHS is not the answer, ‘reform is’.'